Media Matters for America

around social media and is seen as a huge issue leaving people angry with law enforcement. Racial profiling is not necessary at all because even though based on crime rates and what causes the crimes not all people of that ethnicity are bad like the bad people. People are never born bad they are born exposed to crime and drugs and abuse which is what triggers their behavior. When crime rate rises police become exposed to thinking that one ethnicity…

black? Is it because society is only interested in hearing about what is going wrong in the world, or is the media trying to create controversy and increase racial tensions? There are many stories in the news related to racism: police brutality, education, crime; the media has a way of portraying these matters or specific incidents to indicate that America is racist. What might happen if the media, specifically, and society in general, were to focus on the good aspects of our world and the…

support the Black Lives Matter movement, hoping to promote change in the way black lives have been treated in America. The media has had the biggest impact on the movement from posting footage of some of the various police shootings, to broadcasting open discussions about the movement as a whole. There are so many ways that media outlets have spread awareness about the ongoing issues of police brutality. For…

They have received admiration for their duties of protecting and serving the people since the beginning. However due to a few recent scandals, most of the media covers only the negative stories involving law enforcement. As a result, viewers rarely see positive and uplifting occurrences on the news. The overly emphasized negativity causes observers to disregard the good that is still in the world. Viewers…

All of America is outraged at the win of Donald J. Trump on election night 2016. How could a rich, insensitive, bigoted, racist business man become the next President of the United States? Over half of the US population will be moving to Canada in the next several months in response—or will they? In a world that is becoming increasingly reliant on technology and easily accessible information, the media have insidiously crept into a position of influence over the thoughts and emotions of today’s…

How much does black lives matter? Rest in peace to Mike Brown another African American who fell victim to a police officer with a fire arm. He was a great guy never bothered anyone he always stayed to himself. Mike did not deserve to get shot dead he followed the rules the officers told him to demand by. Just another African American people will have to protest for. Police officers have been labeled bad guys, villains, devils, racist, and much more after every shooting that leads to a death or…

Media bias is the bias in journalism and news production for the mass media inside selections of cases and stories and how they are addressed. Media bias can be found anywhere in the media related to very controversial topics such as, abortion, gun control, and majorly in politics. This is nothing new but what is new the shameless ways of blurring/nudging the truth in line with marketing. The blurring of truth hinders the average consumers mind and blurs all the facts and different perspectives…

Scholes wrote, “On Reading a video text.” In Scholes essay, he investigates the processes used in a Budweiser commercial. He describes videotexts as a complex dynamic of power and pleasure (Scholes 1). He also emphasizes the importance of teaching media literacy in schools. In a Powerade commercial viewers see half Jimmy Grahams life in a mere minute. The title of the commercial is “Jimmy Graham #Just a Kid.” Viewers would not know the young boys name until the end, if not for the…

seem to be more and more common, according to the media. In times of terror and strife the citizens of the United States of America come together no matter what beliefs and opinions we have to defeat the opposition. Secondly, America was built on immigrants, and as such we are open to diverse races and beliefs, and Americans consider people they have just met as friends. This is what I believe is my American Identity. The United States of America has come together in many cases of strife. This…

this show there is low to minimal security within our countries? Did this attack increase terrorism through social media or technology? Purpose: The goal of this literature review is to determine whether the 9/11 attack on America is associated and indicates that our countries have low to minimal security, also made this attack lead to the increase of terrorism through social media or technology. It will identify whether the security levels have been compromised and determine whether 9/11…